Shorter v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Judge.
Mary Louise Shorter appeals her conviction for prostitution. We affirm.
1. The accusation herein was filed with the clerk of court on November 26,1979. Appellant’s arraignment, however, had been set for November 19,1979. Notwithstanding her waiver of arraignment, appellant asserts in her first enumeration of error that since there was no case pending against her at the time set for her arraignment, “that the actions of the State are a nullity.” This contention is without merit. “The purpose of arraignment [was] to put [appellant] on notice as to the charge against which [she] must…
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